Nicaea (mythology)

Nicaea (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Nicaea was a nymph ("the Astakid nymph", as referred to by Nonnus), the daughter of the river-god Sangarius and Cybele. She was beloved by a shepherd, Hymnus, and killed him, but Eros took vengeance upon her, and Dionysus, who first intoxicated her, made her mother of Telete, whereupon she attempted to hang herself; yet she did live to see Aura, another nymph seduced by Dionysus, getting into labor and giving birth to Iacchus. Dionysus called the town of Nicaea after her.

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This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1870).


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